Investing.com – U.K. stocks were higher after the close on Tuesday, as gains in the Industrial Metals & Mining, Oil Equipment Services & Distribution and Life Insurance/Assurance sectors led shares higher.
At the close in London, the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 gained 0.44% to hit a new 1-month high.
The best performers of the session on the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 were Carnival PLC (LON:CCL), which rose 3.03% or 122.00 points to trade at 4145.00 at the close. Meanwhile, Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) added 2.52% or 5.60 points to end at 227.65 and Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON:LLOY) was up 2.22% or 1.39 points to 63.94 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Hikma Pharmaceuticals PLC (LON:HIK), which fell 2.26% or 42.00 points to trade at 1819.00 at the close. Fresnillo PLC (LON:FRES) declined 2.06% or 23.00 points to end at 1091.00 and Randgold Resources Ltd (LON:RRS) was down 1.23% or 70.00 points to 5635.00.
Rising stocks outnumbered declining ones on the London Stock Exchange by 1050 to 853 and 423 ended unchanged.
Shares in Carnival PLC (LON:CCL) rose to all time highs; gaining 3.03% or 122.00 to 4145.00.
Gold for February delivery was down 0.91% or 10.40 to $1132.30 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in February rose 0.57% or 0.30 to hit $53.36 a barrel, while the February Brent oil contract rose 0.93% or 0.51 to trade at $55.43 a barrel.
GBP/USD was down 0.33% to 1.2358, while EUR/GBP rose 0.23% to 0.8408.
The US Dollar Index was up 0.20% at 103.28.